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Surveys by the Carers' Trust last year found that 90 per cent of adult unpaid carers feel ignored by the Government and one in seven unpaid family carers are now using foodbanks as a result of soaring living costs
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Below are Isle of Wight stories relating to health, wellbeing and social care.
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Patients on the Isle of Wight have joined nurses in support of ongoing strike action by the Royal College of Nursing. Over 3,000 messages of support have been gathered by patient-led group Just Treatment as part of their “Patients on the Pickets” campaign
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Isle of Wight nurse felt dismissed and patronised after encounter with Conservative Isle of Wight MP
Harry Eccles, a clinical nurse living and working on the Isle of Wight says Bob Seely told him that he knows the nurses' point of view better than him, a nurse. He said the encounter was a kick in the teeth from his own MP
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St Mary's Hospital receives life-saving equipment thanks to biomedical scientist's homemade curry fundraiser, allowing for advanced life support in any environment
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Peter Shreeve said, "We wanted to listen to the concerns of these staff and found amazing similarity to those of education support staff and teachers. Frustration that they cannot do the job that they love, for which they trained"
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Although RCN members within IW NHS Trust were just short of the legal threshold in the ballot to strike, nurses from other trusts that live and work on the Island are striking today
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Meet the newly appointed specialist doctors to help the Air Ambulance keep up with increasing demand, giving patients the best chance of survival and recovery possible
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Isle of Wight's St Mary's Hospital officially begins renovation with new investment programme to upgrade services and provide better care for community by Spring 2024
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The Isle of Wight hospital is analysing why patients are unable to leave despite being well enough as the hospital faces pressure on bed space and an increase in over 80s attending the emergency department
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Isle of Wight councillor criticises the government's simplistic approach to the issue of hospital discharge, calling for more integrated solutions with local authorities to address issues of lack of staff and community carers
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St Mary's Hospital has highest maternity service ratings in two of three areas surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rating them as one of the best in the country
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Isle of Wight NHS Trust's Sevencacres Health-based Place of Safety Suite has recently been redesigned to ensure safe, secure, and dignified care for patients in need of immediate specialist care
